דרושים Senior Public Policy Manager Eu ב-Airbnb ב-Belgium, Brussels

A Typical Day:

• Supports and challenges the team to meet and exceed the expectations of their role(s)
• Cultivates professional and personal growth of your team by delivering bold and compassionate feedback, surfacing opportunities, setting clear expectations, and leveraging growth tools
• Keeps up with day-to-day management duties such as scheduling, team meetings and 1:1s, supervisor calls, case consultations, and managing Talent-related issues (pay/benefits/HR policy enforcement, etc.)
• Demonstrates and fosters discovery-driven learning to regularly identify and report opportunities to improve performance and optimize processes for the team, region, and global community
• Collaborates with leadership and key stakeholders to ensure successful project deliverables by aligning expectations, informing on changes, and meeting core responsibilities
• Prioritizes our community by demonstrating agility and proactive support of team initiatives, even if outside their scope
• Builds and maintains trust with their team by leading with empathy, displaying approachability, and following through on commitments
• Leads and manages testing of products and service strategies
• Leads support ambassadors in pilot execution according to the CS Labs Pilot Playbook
• Attends operations meetings as needed and works closely with the leadership team, regional peers, and other cross-functional teams
• Leads or participates in other CS-specific and company-wide projects that may be assigned by leadership or identified and advocated for by the Operation Manager

Your Expertise:

• At least 5 years of experience in working within a team
• Experience in supporting teams’ leadership and interest in leading, inspiring, and motivating teams to meet operational goals and targets
• Experience in previous innovation teams or projects
• Experience working with internal stakeholders
• Understanding of HR and other people policies preferred
• Fluency in both, written and spoken, English; additionally in French or Spanish preferred
• Building and Nurturing Engaged Teams
• Coaching- You’ll need to be able to identify and discuss behaviors that lead to success, and then enable your team to learn and to practice those behaviors
• Collaborating- You work effectively with others in one-on-one or group settings. You openly receive new ideas and contribute your own. You understand the need for an open and collaborative team environment, and you foster this in your interactions with others
• Valuing Diversity- You appreciate and leverage the capabilities, insights, and ideas of all people. You work effectively with people of diverse styles, abilities, and motivations. You champion equal and fair treatment and opportunities for everyone, and encourage others to do the same
• Managing Innovation- You encourage creativity, and show good judgment when deciding which ideas to champion. You envision potential outcomes, anticipate complications, and plan accordingly. You effectively analyze risks and financial implications. You develop clear delivery processes and meet crucial deadlines. You gain trust and support from relevant stakeholders, and effectively use change management techniques to ensure a smooth and successful rollout. You drive the team successfully through ambiguity, welcoming it as a day to day aspect of working in a fast pace environment

Offices: Canada

The Role:

In this role you must be highly skilled in policy engagement with a wide variety of external stakeholders and able to work proactively to help stakeholders understand the contribution of short-term rentals (STRs) to Europe and sustainable tourism.

This role is located in Brussels and will involve travel across the EU but also to our global headquarters in San Francisco.

Responsibilities:

The Senior Public Policy Manager will have a particular focus on EU discussions on tourism and housing at EU-level, and the implementation of the recently-adopted EU regulation on short-term rentals. The successful candidate will:

• Build and maintain relationships with an extensive network of contacts in Brussels, with a focus on EU political groups and third party (non-institutional) stakeholders. Support the broader EU policy team with EP engagement and meetings. with a focus on the European Parliament;
• Build new stakeholder coalitions on topics that matter to Airbnb and our policy stakeholders in the EU, including travel and tourism, housing and the future of cities.
• Act as team lead on a range of policy issues including consumer and tax files. Work independently to identify emerging policy issues relevant to Airbnb, and with other internal teams and local policy colleagues to define policy positions on core EU regulatory topics. Define engagement strategies at the local and EU level as and when relevant;
• Identify creative opportunities to reinforce and amplify our Policy and Comms work at local, national and EU levels.
• Leverage external resources such as trade associations and consultants to monitor and engage on areas of relevance to the company.
• Advise the EU Policy Lead and other internal stakeholders on a range of EU policy developments, explaining complex legislative processes in an accessible and impactful manner.

Requirements:

• At least 10 years of direct experience, ideally in a European political party or in the EU institutions, or in a lobbying and government affairs role relevant to the housing or tourism domains;
• Proven ability to identify and build relationships with relevant third parties;
• Ability to navigate complex political or regulatory issues with a range of stakeholders;
• Detailed knowledge of the political landscape and legislative processes in the EU is essential. Good knowledge of how EU law and politics influence, and are influenced by, developments at the local (city) level would be an advantage;
• Existing network in Brussels, and a proven ability to build and sustain new networks of political influence across a broad range of stakeholders;
• Ability to draft high-quality advocacy materials and position papers, internal and external communications with little broader guidance;
• Excellent strategist, creative thinker and communicator, with great interpersonal, writing and presentation skills;
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team;
• Candidates must speak fluent English, along with one other EU language. You must submit your application in English.

Offices: Brussels, Belgium